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Cardinal Müller in Interview: "Pope a successor of Peter, not of his predecessor"; "Pope not a symbol of secularized religion"; "We cannot accept that atheistic Communists, enemies of humanity, write our catechism books."Cardinal Müller granted the following interview to Iacopo Scaramuzzi, for Italian daily Repubblica, and published yesterday:Iacopo ScaramuzziRepubblicaRome, April 24, 2025“The future pope is not a successor of his predecessor but a successor of Peter": thus German Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, a member of the conservative wing of the College of Cardinals.Your Eminence what are your feelings at this moment?“A chapter in the history of the Church has closed....

As the Church mourns the passing of Pope Francis, attention turns to the solemn and sacred task that lies ahead: the selection of his successor. That process is called the conclave — an ancient method of discernment that has changed little over the past 800 years. It begins in earnest once the seat of Peter is vacant, whether by death or resignation. The name “conclave” comes from the Latin cum clave, meaning “with a key” — a reference to the tradition of locking the doors during the voting process. The period following a pope’s death is marked by prayer, reflection,...

[Catholic Caucus] The Vatican is now in Utter Chaos, As It Was Foreseeable by The WandererArgentinaApril 23, 2025Shortly after the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican was a hornet's nest, in every sense of the expression. In other words, it was and is chaos. It could not be otherwise when those who are at the head of the most delicate mechanisms of the Church are useless people placed there at the whim of the tyrant. The first major problem faced is the location. Bergoglio's decision not to reside in the Apostolic Palace, because he was very humble as we all...

Could Cardinal Parolin be validly elected pope?For Cardinal Parolin, the Vatican II 'renewal' is to be brought about through compromise with the proponents of liberalism and naturalism, rather than by combatting these errors.Pietro Parolin is widely regarded as one of the leading candidates who may be elected at the next conclave. Parolin was named a cardinal by Francis in 2014 and has been a member of his influential Council of Cardinal Advisers since that year. He played a prominent role in Francis’s radical revolution and has been a strong supporter of “synodality”, which he sees as a continuation of Vatican...

[Catholic Caucus] About the Conclave: Unusual Specific Names You Read About Will Have Been Selected to Deceive You and Manipulate the ProcessNews pages and newspapers are filled today with reports on who are those most likely to succeed Francis as the next Roman Pontiff. While Romans have for centuries cautioned outsiders that, "he who enters [the conclave] as pope, leaves as a Cardinal," this is not exactly what we have in mind.What we do have in mind is what happened in the 2013 conclave, a conclave that should have never taken place and was caused by the absurd and indefensible...

[Catholic Caucus] Prayer for the Election of a Holy PopeIn the Month of Mary and Under Her Immaculate Mantle O Most Holy Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit— we adore You, we praise You, and we thank You for the abiding care You show for Your Church through the gift of the papacy. As the Church prepares to elect a new Supreme Pontiff, we entrust this sacred moment to Your divine providence. Grant us the miracle of the conclave: stir the hearts of the Cardinal Electors with the fire of a new Pentecost. Let the Holy Spirit descend upon them with...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland issues prayer for next conclave amid ‘great crisis in the Church’‘Let us pray fervently for the cardinals who will gather,’ Bishop Strickland’s prayer for the next conclave reads. ‘May they have before their eyes only God’s Divine Will with the goal of purifying and renewing Christ’s Church.’“If we had faith the size of a mustard seed…” (Matthew 17:20).As we face this time of great crisis in the Church, the mystical Body of Christ, let us believe in the tremendous power of prayer, which can literally move mountains. The coming conclave to elect a new occupant of...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Reportedly Attempting To Modify Conclave Rules Before He PassesRumors are becoming more and more insistent that Bergoglio is about to modify the apostolic constitution that regulates the conduct of the conclave, removing the two-thirds quorum established as mandatory by John Paul II for the election of the new pontiff to be valid.The proposal would be to set the quorum at 50 +1 of the cardinal electors. News that has been denied by the sacred palaces but that today is relaunched in an interview with the newspaper Il Tempo by Luigi Bisignani, a former journalist considered very well-connected...

The release of Conclave mere weeks before the U.S. presidential election is no accident…The conclave’s primary factions fall roughly along a progressive/conservative split that mirrors American politics. To be sure, there is a divide in the Catholic Church between those who prioritize conserving tradition and those who seek an updated, more inclusive church. It’s not that the filmmakers want the church to go away entirely. They just want a church that matches their progressive views…“Let us pray for a pope who doubts,” one cardinal says in a pivotal sermon. “Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly...

[Catholic Caucus] Ralph Martin emphasizes danger of heretical cardinals taking part in the next papal conclaveDr. Ralph Martin pointed to Bishop Thomas Paprocki’s warning of the ‘unseemly prospect’ of a cardinal, ‘excommunicated latae sententiae due to heresy, voting in a papal conclave.’Author and seminary professor Dr. Ralph Martin highlighted in a recent video the danger of the participation of heretical cardinals — like Robert McElroy — in the next papal conclave. Last week, Dr. Martin pointed to an article by Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, in which the orthodox bishop called out the heresy of certain prelates and warned...

EXCLUSIVE: Cardinals must beware of ‘anti-Christian’ world when choosing a new popeAs the Church faces deepening crises, Cardinal Gerhard Müller told LifeSiteNews that, at the next concalve, the cardinals must not look for a pope in the image of his predecessor, but rather a true successor of St. Peter who upholds Christ’s teachings without compromise.Members of the College of Cardinals need to reflect deeply on the “anti-Christian” nature of the world and the situation of the Church when electing a new pope, said the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office.“I hope that there is in the College of Cardinals...

Who Could Be the Next Pope? -- Parolin: Fake Moderate, Sincere ProgressiveCardinal Parolin, the Secretary of State, is considered very hostile to the Traditional Mass (playing on the nickname, “the Mass of All Time,” he is quoted as saying, “We must put an end to this Mass for all time!” At this time, when Rome is more or less preparing for a conclave, his friends are doing everything to sell, as the communicators say, an image of Parolin as a “moderate”, “man of consensus.” Pietro Parolin, who is said to be considering the name of John XXIV, would be in...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland tells cardinals: Only a Catholic can be elected popeIf a public heretic, or a man who is reasonably suspected of being a public heretic, receives sufficient votes, faithful cardinals have an obligation to refuse to accept the validity of his election.The following letter, written by Bishop Joseph Strickland and addressed to the College of Cardinals, was first published on his Substack here. LifeSiteNews is reprinting the text in full below. (LifeSiteNews) — Your Eminence, Very soon you will travel to Rome with the intention of electing a Successor to St. Peter. I know that you take...

Much ink has been spilled by Catholics over the new film Conclave—and not by way of praise. Directed by Edward Berger, it is a piece of anti-Catholic propaganda posing as a film—and it is very successful in that. But what will be said here (and isn’t being said enough elsewhere) is that I think the film is a warning to liberals within and without the Church to prepare for the death of Pope Francis. Conclave begins at the deathbed of the pope, a liberal pope who had lost his faith—not in God, but in the Church. His sudden passing begins...

News is breaking Saturday afternoon that Pope Francis, who has been in the hospital for over a week with an acute respiratory illness, has had a significant health setback and is now in critical condition. This situation is so serious that some are speculating the pontiff may now take the exceedingly rare option of resigning his role as head of the Catholic Church to make way for someone younger and healthier to assume the papacy. BREAKING 🔴Vatican: The Pope is in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/o6pCP1JMyV— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 22, 2025The 88-year-old pope first entered Gemelli Hospital on February 14...

Did Obama officials force Pope Benedict’s resignation? Open letter calls for Trump investigationWe are asking for an investigation into the affairs of our own government. It is not unprecedented for a corrupt government to attempt to insert itself into the life of the Church.Shortly after the first inauguration of President Trump in 2017, an open letter was published in The Remnant Newspaper requesting an investigation into potential involvement by the Obama Administration in the affairs of the Catholic Church. Specifically, the authors asked whether the U.S. Government was involved in the sequence of events that resulted in the resignation of...

As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will next be elected as the most powerful Catholic in the world. The 88-year-old pontiff developed pneumonia in both lungs over the weekend and will remain hospitalized as he battles the infection, according to the Vatican. Technically any Roman Catholic man can be elected as the heir to St. Peter, though invariably one of the 253 cardinals from around the world will don the papal tiara. After a pope’s death or resignation, a conclave is convened in the Vatican’s...

Abp. Vigano asks Trump’s CIA director to ‘investigate the Deep State plan to eliminate Benedict XVI’In a wide-ranging interview, Archbishop Viganò praised Donald Trump for the 'return of the U.S. to the Geneva Consensus Declaration, which defends the right to life for all, reaffirms the importance of the family,' and affirms no international ‘right’ to abortion.The following article is from an interview between Italian journalist Aldo Maria Valli and Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò for the blog Duc in Altum on February 16, 2025.Aldo Maria Valli: Your Excellency, the Trump Administration’s decision to put a stop to the immigration policies of...

The awards-bait movie Conclave just received a big thumbs-down from Megyn Kelly, who called it “the most disgusting anti-Catholic film I have seen in a long time.” Megyn Kelly tore into Conclave in a X post on early Sunday, revealing the movie’s major plot twist that the new pope is intersex — an individual who has both male and female reproductive organs.“Just made the huge mistake of watching the much-celebrated ‘Conclave’ & it is the most disgusting anti-Catholic film I have seen in a long time. Shame on Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci & John Lithgow for starring in it &...

[Catholic Caucus] Viganò Interviewed on the Conclave, Continued...Dear friends, there have been loud reverberations stemming from the interview that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò did with me a few days ago [here], which was translated into several languages. The dialogue offered numerous important points for reflection, especially regarding the strategy pursued by Bergoglio and, as a consequence, the type of response that ought to be offered in defense of the Faith and correct Catholic doctrine. In order to deepen the themes addressed in the interview, we approached Archbishop Viganò again and engaged in a second conversation. We will publish it in...